Joe:

The mystery of how water was getting into my lazarette left me stumped for years - nearly drove me mad. However this year I think I found the problem. The seats have small drain holes where water runs through to the cockpit sole. I think what is happening is that with heavy rain, however, the surface tension of the water increases and a stream of water runs back on the bottom of the seat behind the bulkhead and then drops off into the lazarette. I can't be certain as I didn't have time to hang paper towel in strategic locations before I had to haul the boat for the winter. I might still be wrong about this but it would be an easy fix to put a bead of silicone across the bottom of the seat before the lazarette bulkhead to break the surface tension. Just a thought.

Graham

Graham Stewart
Agile, Rodes 22, 1976
Kingston Ontario

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Joe Dempsey
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Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Hull Thickness

Thanks to all who responded. I ended up using 4200 to mount the base in the
lowest part of the lazarette. Note: the cockpit drain hose is located so
that there is not enough clearance between the hose and bulkhead so I had to
offset just enough so I can still remove the pump from the base. Works fine.
For those who have a dry lazarette: Great, wish I did, but I don't. If I
could find the source I would have corrected it. Hope springs eternal. I
don't get much, but more than I want to sponge out each time I go out. I
have replaced both drains in the cockpit seat troughs as well as the hoses
below. I have a shelf in the bottom of the lazarette which I store my anchor
rode and some other items. I was getting enough water to wet the rode. The
pump keeps the water down to about half an inch.